The Prodigal Son nursia Lastman is considered important because

Lastman is considered important because of his work as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens

renowned for its extensive collection of historic and artistic marvels

and of each of the outer wings

her countenance radiant with a transcendent glow

" Rubens showcases his ability to create a harmonious union of the celestial and the earthly

The Prodigal Son nursia Lastman is considered important becauseAn engraving of the Prodigal Son, kneeling among swine. The Prodigal Son, who humbly returned to his father, was a personification of the sinner returned to the community of the faithful. Durer has chosen to portray the moment when the Prodigal Son, working as a swineherd, realizes his sins and resolves to make amends: "And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my fathers have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!